Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-07-22
CHAPTER la.

as 10 the necessity and e1pedfency
Of calling Convention 10 amend
The Cohstitution, and 10 proUide
for dscertdining The number Of cit
izens entitled to note for Represen-
tdtice acithin Mis State.
WHEREAS, Experience has pointed ont the
necessity ofamending the Constitution and the
eNpediency OF calling convention for that
BIZ IT ENACTED ny THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE CoMMONwEALTH or KENTUCKY:
| y l. That ut the next general election for
Representative to the General Assembly, IL
| snail be the duty OF the several sherifls and
other officers OF election TO open poll for and
make return to the Secretary Of State, for tile
time being, OF the names OF all citizens entitled
| 20 vote for Representatives who have voted AT
the said election for calling a convention for
the purpose Of re adopting, amnnding or chang
| Ing the Constitution.
| SO. That any sheriff or other returning Of
| llcer failing u perform the duty imposed by
| ilrst section OF this act shall be subject Ia n
fine Of six hunnred dollars Sd00), TO be recov-
cred by indictment OF the grand jury In amp
| court having Jurisdiction thereof, and shall,
| upon conviction OF such failure, be removed
| from ollice by the court In which such conyic-
| tion II had.
| 93 That for the purpose OF asserlaiuing the
number OF citizens entitle to vote for Repre-
| seniatiyes within this state In the year 1881,
| there shall be furnished, Ms hereinafter provi-
! dcd, 10 the sherifs and other onicors OF the
election IN august 1887, registration book, IN
| which the officers Of the election shall record
| The names OF all citizens entitled to vote for
| Representative within this state at the said
| election The officers OF the election shall be
| TX 0fPlcio officers OF registration, and shall
nave said registration book open for the record
of said names between the hours OF @ o'clock a.
m. and O'Clock y. m. ON the day OF the August
| 1881, election al all the voting places In this
| Commonwealth. And II shall be the duty OF
| all citizens OF this Commonwealth who are .n-
|
of the next general election In August. 1881. 10
20 before the Aheriis and other returning oll-
cors OF said election In the voting precinct In
which there are keycrally entitled 20 vote, and
cause Themselves to he registered on the poll
book as qualified voters OF this Commonwealth,
aud the names OF any and all citizene living
In tbs district known 10 said officers TO he ent-
tied to vote for Representative, or made known
to them by evidence on that day. shall be reg
istered as NOS voting. And In the year 1881, no
other ofllcer sllnll be authorized 10 make any
iist or return OF the qua'ined voters OF this
Commonwealth, NOR shall any return thereof
except the registration books and certin-
Gates provided for by this act he made and all
laws requiring list or returns Of such qualified
voters are hereby repealed, no far ne the year
1881 Ia embraced therein. The total number of
votes 30 registered shall be the true number of
citizens entitled 10 vote for Representative
within this State, for the purpose OF ascertain
ing whether majority OF a | the citizens Of
this state entitled TO vote for Representa.iv,
vote for calling a convention for the purpose of
atitutlon.
81 The said registration books shall be
appropriately ruled ana headed, SO that they |
may, and il is hereby enacted that the same |
ahail be the pill-b0Oks for recording the vote |
for AMI against the calling Of the constitutional
convention. and for asuertaining the nunlbei |
OF citizens entitled 10 vote for the Representa- |
I We wlthin the state. IL shall he the duty of |
the said officers OF election 10 PROFOUND toeyery
voter the question: "D0 You vote Tor callirg |
constitutional convention or noti" N ~ h |
Lar ! IA lp "A n n
shalt herecordcd rs voting for said convention; |
II such voter shall answer In the NEGATIVE, his |
name fhall be recorded 80 voting against said |
convention, and IL such voter makes no answer, |
his name shall be recorded or registered as not |
voting upon said question. And lt shall he the |
duty Of the officers holding the election at each |
vot ng place IN the state 10 certify the total /
number OF voters registered, and the number |
voting for calling the constitutional convention. |
and 10 make out a duplicate certificate showing /
said facts. The registration book shall be by |
them Immediately sent, VI the expense OF the |
commonwealth, by mail, To the Secretary |
Of state, at Frankfort, Kentucky, snd the
duplicate certificate attached to the poll bhok
for the election OF State officers, aud return
Herewith as now directed by law.
8. The Secretary OF State In Office at the
cOnvening ofthe General Assembly next after |
the election in August, 1887, ehali Immediately /
upon the organization Of the same, transmit 10 |
each House n statement, prepared by him IRON /
the said registration and p0li-hOoks. showing |
how many votes were nt the said election cast /
bcr Of voters registered, whether voting for or /
against or not at all. The report shall be made |
up bycountes. heshall retain the registration
books for the use Of. examination and inspec.
tion Of the next General Assembly.
: o, II shall bethe duty OF the officers whose |
duty u is by law 20 compare and certify the
votes for state officers, to make out from the |
certificates returned with the State election |
poll-boOks as above provided. and at the time
they certify the votes for state ofllcers. n cef-
tilcate By voting places, showing the total
al III vol lprl
voting for calling constitutional convention,
and 10 send the certificate 10 the Secretary OF
state; and II the registration book provided for
above shall as TO any voting place, be lost, de-
stroyed or not returned, then the Secretary OF
State, IN making the report to the report 10 the |
General Assembly, shall USE the Information In
the certificate AS 10 any such district or precinct
and he shall, moreover, use the certificate TO
show that he has not the registration book for
each voting place M each county named in said
certificate.
81. il shall bo the duty OF tho Secretary OF
State, after the adjournment OF this General
Assembly, to make out the form OF a registr..-
tion book and certificates TO be made and used
as herein provided, and TO furnish the came 10
the Public Printer forthwith, and 1t sEall be
the duty OF the said Public Printer to make up |
and bind In The usual form one registration
book, with n certificate thereon for each voting
place In the State; also the duplicate certificate
and the county certificate, and send the same
TO the several sherins, who shall see that they
are delivered and used AZ the various voting
81 That any officer failing to do or per
form any Of the acts or duties enJoined upon
him by the third, fourth. tiNth and seventh sec
tiOns Of this act shall be subject TO fine Of five
hundred dollars $500, to be recovered by in
dictment Of any grand Jury In any court hav
ing jurisdiction thereof, and shall, upon con-
yiction, be removed from oillce by the court In
which said conviction Is had.
0. That II shall be the duty OF the Secretary
Of State 10 have this act advertised IN one week
ly newspaperin each county OF this Common
wealth, wherein there is such paper published, /
for four weeks and In one Of the daily papers
lately preceding the election, and in every
county said Secretary shall cause TO be posted
at the courthouse door copy of this act. print
ed In hand bill from, at least four consecutive
weeks before such election.
90. IL shall be the duty OF the Public Prin
ter TO print ten thousand copies OF shls act mp
on separate fheet of paper and deliver them
to the Secretary OF the State, who shall forward
the same to the county clerks OF the various
counties In this State in such numbers as to
provide nj least two copies thereof for each
voting precinoti said clerks shall deliver same
TO the sherns OF other officers acting in the
sheriff or other officer TO post one copy OF said
act at each voting place, and another copy at
some other suitable public place in SAID pre-
cinet four weeks prior to the election, Any
onlcer falling 10 discharge the duties prescribed
In this section of this act shall be fined for each
and every failure twenty dollars, to be recOv-
cred In any court having jurisdistlon thereof.
\ H. This act shall take effect aud be in
force from and after Its passage.
Approved January IS, 1886,